USC Recruiting Weekend

[greyhammer90]

Thought I'd make this so we could not have a million different threads. Let me know if I'm missing anyone.

Visiting Class of 2014 not committed to ND:

Bo Scarbrough RB Committed Alabama
Damien Mama OL
Juju Smith ATH
Matt Elam DT
Tyler Luatua TE
Michiah Quick ATH
George Panos OL Committed Wisconsin
Nyles Morgan ILB
Allen Lazard WR Committed ISU
Nick Watkins CB
Erik Brown WR Committed Washington
Drue Tranquill "Committed" "to" "Purdue"
Payton Hendrix S

Notre Dame Committed attending:

Quenton Nelson OL
DeShone Kizer
Alex Bars OL
Justin Brent WR
Corey Holmes WR
Greer Martini ILB
Richard Yeargin III
Nic Weishar TE
Johnathan Bonner DE

Class of 2015 attending

Jashon Cornell DE
Tristen Hodge OL
Andre Robinson OLB
Blake Barnett QB
Cameron Green WR N/A
Justin Tranquill S N/A

Unconfirmed/Possibly attending

None at the moment

Do you guys like this style of recruiting? Seems like a huge risk. I'm also concerned about each player "feeling welcomed" by the coaches if they are too busy with the game/recruiting everyone else.

 

[arrowryan]

It didn't work for Keith Marshall in 2011 because John Theus had to be a douche and babysit him to make sure he didn't get too interested. Other than that, I think it gives Notre Dame a chance at hitting it out of the park

 

[koonja]

Recruits develop relationships and end up recruiting for the school as much as the school recruits for the school nowadays. Hopefully they click and can see themselves playing with each other. That's one thing that's nice about the large recruiting weekends.

 

[blueNDgold44]

Bo Scarbrough and Damien Mama are visiting too, correct?

 

[STLDomer]

Commits Nelson, Brent, Bars and Yeargin are also scheduled to be there.

Bo is scheduled too, conflicting reports with Mama.

2015 QB Blake Barnett will be there. Expect to here about more 2015/2016 guys, maybe some more 2014 too.

 

[blueNDgold44]

Martini and Weishar too. Good to see guys from our current class too. Should help w/ recruiting.

 

[greyhammer90]

Alright keep em coming. I'll be adding as they announce/you guys tell me.

 

[D-BOE34]

Would be a flop if we didn't have a strong showing from our committed guys. With them on hand, we could really benefit from this weekend.

 

[NDinL.A.]

Definitely a risk. But the rewards could be phenomenal, because the atmosphere is so much better for a night game than a day game. If you've never been, it's literally night and day (see what I did there?). I can actually....wait for it....STAND a night game without being told to sit down multiple times by people not willing stand and cheer for their team.

And even in the horrific loss, we got guys like Steve Elmer and KeiVarae Russell from that game.

But yes greyhammer, we gotta have this win!!!!!!!

 

[koonja]

Commits Nelson, Brent, Bars and Yeargin are also scheduled to be there.

Bo is scheduled too, conflicting reports with Mama.

2015 QB Blake Barnett will be there. Expect to here about more 2015/2016 guys, maybe some more 2014 too.

That really sucks. I'd love ND to have a chance to impress him.

 

[greyhammer90]

Definitely a risk. But the rewards could be phenomenal, because the atmosphere is so much better for a night game than a day game. If you've never been, it's literally night and day (see what I did there?). I can actually....wait for it....STAND a night game without being told to sit down multiple times by people not willing stand and cheer for their team.

And even in the horrific loss, we got guys like Steve Elmer and KeiVarae Russell from that game.

But yes greyhammer, we gotta have this win!!!!!!!

I went to the game in 2011. Yeah I've seen the difference.

I guess I just considered it a bust because we lost and it seemed like recruiting lost all momentum for awhile after that if I recall correctly.

 

[STLDomer]

That really sucks. I'd love ND to have a chance to impress him.

Some have said USC and some have said BYU. Pretty sure we get an OV just not sure when.

I'd add Lorenzo Carter as a possibility. He wants to attend USC but Navy works better for scheduling for him.

 

[koonja]

No Adoree Jackson?

 

[blueNDgold44]

No Adoree Jackson?

Visiting LSU this weekend

 

[West Coast Domer]

That really sucks. I'd love ND to have a chance to impress him.

I think we do get a visit too but I think he ends up at SC....Coach O was at his game last Friday. I will be going to a Bosco game very soon they are loaded with D1 talent. They scored 75 on a very good Crenshaw team. Is Josh Rosen the 2015 QB coming?

 

[NDinL.A.]

I went to the game in 2011. Yeah I've seen the difference.

I guess I just considered it a bust because we lost and it seemed like recruiting lost all momentum for awhile after that if I recall correctly.

Oh dude, for sure it was MUCH closer to a bust than a success. But some good did come out of it, if only a little. For me, at least it proved to the community that we could have a night game and people wouldn't go out and shoot the town up afterwards. South Bend survived! (and again, like you saw, the atmosphere, by all accounts, was awesome, until we puked all over ourselves and lost)...

 

[STLDomer]

No Adoree Jackson?

Visiting LSU this weekend

Still a possibility for USC I suppose. He talks about using a OV on ND but hasn't set anything

 

[koonja]

I was there in 2011, burnt all of my financial aid refund to get there. Crist's fumble was the largest buzz kill I've ever experienced.

 

[greyhammer90]

I was there in 2011, burnt all of my financial aid refund to get there. Crist's fumble was the largest buzz kill I've ever experienced.

The only thing I remember from that night...

ALL ABOARRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ALL ABOARRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ALL ABOARRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

The only thing I remember from that night...

ALL ABOARRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ALL ABOARRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ALL ABOARRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pain. Lots of pain. That night sucked

 

[koonja]

Top 5 wish list:

1) Niles Morgan
2) Matt Elam
3) JuJu Smith
4) Machiah Quick
5) Alan Lazard

Top 5 most likely:
1) Lautua
2) Nick Watkins
3) Peyton Hendrix
4) Quick
5) Elam
* Mckenzie

 

[Ironman8]

Top 5 wish list:

1) Niles Morgan
2) Matt Elam
3) JuJu Smith
4) Machiah Quick
5) Alan Lazard

Top 5 most likely:
1) Lautua
2) Nick Watkins
3) Peyton Hendrix
4) Quick
5) Elam
* Mckenzie

No way Quick or Elam are 'more likely' at this moment than Drue Tranquil or Juju Smith. Elam is a longshot.

 

[koonja]

No way Quick or Elam are 'more likely' at this moment than Drue Tranquil or Juju Smith. Elam is a longshot.

Isn't Juju allegedly in love with USC? And Tranquill is not visiting so I wasn't including him. I think we have a better shot with Quick than Juju.

 

[Irishbounty28]

Pain. Lots of pain. That night sucked

Learn to love the pain!

 

[STLDomer]

247 has Mama and Anthony Moten in a updated list for USC

 

[rikkitikki08]

If ND lands any of these prospects due to the visit then the weekend was a success. I like our chances with a few of them

 

[Cackalacky]

Isn't Juju allegedly in love with USC? And Tranquill is not visiting so I wasn't including him. I think we have a better shot with Quick than Juju.

Saw in another thread where Loy's Crystal ball for Juju is ND.

 

[koonja]

FWIW, Crystal Ball is 46% ND for Quick and 50% for JuJu Smith. Hardly a difference. Unless you know something we don't, IDK how you can wager Smith is way more likely to end up Irish than Quick, especially since Smith's dream school is apparently USC and a solid coaching hire will be a huge help.

 

[Emcee77]

Saw in another thread where Loy's Crystal ball for Juju is ND.

Loy homers it up with his crystal ball picks.

 

[ACamp1900]

It seems ND does this every time SC comes in... it hasn't worked to home run levels yet... I think you can make the case it's hurt more than helped... BUT, if you keep throwing it at the wall it should stick eventually right??

Let's hope this is the year.